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Advice on Permanent Holiday Lights Install

Hi all,

I am brand new to this so apologies in advance if I am not practicing good form on here.

Anyway, I am about to embark on my first journey into the world of WLED. And I think I may be taking on a bit of an ambitious project given I am such a novice.

I am planning on running about 300' of 12 mm pixels on my roofline. That would probably be challenging enough but my roofline is a bit complex and I have no access to the attic. I will admit to be a bit intimidated by trying to figure out how-to run everything so that it works.

The pics attached give an idea of what I am trying to accomplish. I am thinking three runs (red, blue, green) on three outputs of a dig quad. The long yellow section at the back of the house probably won't get done. The yellow section over the front door is the spot that has me the most intimidated. I am not sure how to get that section set up so that animations flow correctly.

I have been communicating with the folks at Permatrack about getting all the components. But I have to say, for such a decent sized order they sometimes seem a bit slow to respond to pricing requests. I asked for a quote on a full package for 350' of track, lights, controller, wire, data boosters, etc + shipping. Ive been waiting a few days now but i guess all the folks on the US side of the border are busy with 4th lf July merriments so thats probably why I haven't heard back. I know shipping to northern Canada will be an expensive pain in the tail but I would like to get things moving so I can get the components and familiarize myself with things a bit before diving into the installation.

Anyway, I am hoping to get some friendly advice that will either convince me to dive into this project or alternatively, come to the realization that I should maybe bite the bullet and hire a pro to do it instead.

Cheers!

u/Sad-Distribution2538 — 3 days ago